老旦
lǎo dàn
Pinyin

Definition

老旦
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lǎo dàn
  1. old woman role in Chinese opera

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

老
lǎo
  1. 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
老板
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
老爸
lǎo bà
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 dad
一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day
偕老
xié lǎo
  1. 1 to grow old together
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
古老
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
回老家
huí lǎo jiā
  1. 1 to go back to one's roots
  2. 2 to return to one's native place
  3. 3 by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
年老
nián lǎo
  1. 1 aged
白头偕老
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
老人
lǎo rén
  1. 1 old man or woman
  2. 2 the elderly
  3. 3 one's aged parents or grandparents
老人家
lǎo rén jiā
  1. 1 polite term for old woman or man
老化
lǎo huà
  1. 1 to age (of person or object)
  2. 2 becoming old
老友
lǎo yǒu
  1. 1 old friend
  2. 2 sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
老外
lǎo wài
  1. 1 (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)
  2. 2 layman
  3. 3 amateur

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
  3. 3 the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
  1. 1 treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
  1. 1 to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
  1. 1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
活到老，学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
狗逮老鼠
gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ
  1. 1 lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be meddlesome
白头偕老
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
白头到老
bái tóu dào lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
翻老皇历
fān lǎo huáng lì
  1. 1 to look to the past for guidance (idiom)

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